The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-05-06

June e44c: July, 5000. CORN-Higher
2gs ,As! May; t6'4e Juue; S71S July. OATS
regular; 900 Lard @ 20,
!, Jonn ". Iaggart. paying teller OF
me Union Trust company ut Phila
delphla, who disappeared about Apri
10. proves TO have embeZZled 800. 100,
OF the company's funds.
William O'Brien, the pupnacious
editor of United Ireland. has starteG
from Queenstown for Canada. where
ne proposes to make things interest
ing for Lord Lansdowne.
Over two hundred men are employed
III the mines ut Golden City. Arkan.
sas: The ore yields from fifteen to
eighteen ounces of gold and eight
ounces OF silver to the ton.
The Calumet and Hecla Mining COM
pany, OF Michigan, has made contracts
] Tor the delivery this summer of eight
million. pounds of copper at the low
price OF ten cents a pound.
.Ihe action for absolute divorce
brought in New York against Ross
Winans, the Baltimore millionaire of
Scotch game-preserve fame, has been
decided against the plaintiff.
Rev. Il. w. Walker, of Waukesha,
has been deposed by Bishop Brown for
a recent drunken adventure in Mil
waukee, for which Offense he was
arraigned in the police court.
. Jay Gould has purchased 16S acres
o. land just south of Carondelet park,
st. Louis, on which to place the ma
chine-shOps of the Missouri Pacific
and Iron Mountain roads.
The Indians are making life UNI
pleasant for the settlers about Medi-
cine Hat, in the Northwest territory,
and the mounted police are trying to
put q stop to their depredations.
A rich vein Of natural gas at depth
of lis feet has been discovered near
Mattoon, Illinois. The largest flow in
the world is reported at the Fair
mount we'll near Muncie, Indiana.
DR.. w. L. Northrup, of Haverhill,
Ohio, an ardent advocate of local OPP
ton, was on Wednesday waylaid and
killed by saloon-keeper named Nc
Coy and his brother and nephews.
An eccentric character of Pittsburg,
named Marker Rush, died in the poor
house Friday. He was well known as
hotel proprietor. and not many years
ago possessed 100000 worth of prop
I erty.
Charles Oswald, blacksmith living
near Pittsburg, committed suicide
Sunday night, after numbering his
youngest daughter. He had lived un-
happily with his family for some
time.
The liquor bill presented in the le-
gislature of Michigan makes no dis
fixes the price Of license at $500, and
al ~ at
8 z. M.
Mr.. Jordan, treasurer of the United
States, has returned from Europe and
resumed his duties at the national
capital. lie reports that Daniel Man
ming will sail for New York about
June L.
The governor of Kentucky, at the
suggestion of Judge Jackson, placed
several companies Of militia on guard
at the Jail to prevent the lynching of
the negroes who assaulted Jennie
Bowman.
The French ambassador at Berlin
telegraphs that the German govern
ment is inclined to admit the irregu-
larity of the arrest of M. Schnaebeles,
and it is believed he will soon be
released.
Nj. Schnaebeles, on being released
from prison by the German authori-
ties, proceeded to Paris for an inter
view with Premier Goblet. On the
way he received an ovation at Pagny.
sur-Moselle.
The cotton council of New Orleans,
an organization embracing laborers OF
all kinds engaged in handling cotton
has collapsed, after an existence OF
six years, marked by several strikes
and riots.
Near Papago Station, Arizona, a
west-bOund train on the Southern
Pacific road was seized by party of
five robbers. They ran the engine and
express car six miles and secured
about $1,000.
The semi-centennial of the Michi
gan university at Ann Arbor will he
appropriately celebrated on June 20
"a, %, and 90 proximo. The annual
commencement exercises will be held
on June 30.
The postal authorities at Chicago are
awaiting decision bv the postmaster
general as TO their right to withhold
from Thomas S. Gardner, Of The Farm
Journal, registered letters estimated
to contain $4,000.
Most of the rolling stock of the New
York, Rutland and Montreal railroad
was run into Vermont, on Tuesday. in
order to prevent the receiver appoint
ed by New York court from obtain.
ing possession of it.
The Pennsylvania senate defeated 8
bill to enable the Vanderbilts to sell Q
portion of the South road to the Pen n.
sylvania company, and thus prevent
the construction of a line from Har.
risburg to Pittsburg.
Ike Wier, Of Boston, known as the
"Belfast Spider" and Willie Clark, OF
Philadelphia, fought twenty rounds
with undressed kids, for 81 900 side
near Long Island City Saturday night
"The Spider" winning.
Competition by the Grand Trunk
line led the Indianapolis and st. Louis